ABSTRACT
Saddle First attested in English in the poem Beowulf (?10th C.) as sadol, the word may be derived from an Indo-Germanic form cognate with the verb sit. When a trainer saddles a horse he runs it in a race, a usage first attested in 1928. Racing saddles are extraordinarily light: 200 grams, or just over 1lb in weight. The lightest, known as a pound dock, weighs 9¼4ozs.
